 | John Moses - Illinois - 1889 - 632 pages
...which we set about with but one poor hatchet, and finished just after sunsetting. This was a whole day's work. We next got it launched, then went on board of it, and set off; but before we were half-way over we were jammed in the ice in such manner that we expected every moment our raft to sink... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1889 - 286 pages
...which we set about, with but one poor hatchet, and finished just after sun-setting. This was a whole day's work ; we next got it launched, then went on board of it, and set off; but before we were half-way over, we were jammed in the ice in such a manner that we expected every moment our raft to... | |
 | George Washington - Estados Unidos - Historia - 1889 - 558 pages
...that we expected every Moment our Raft to sink, and ourselves to perish. I put-out my setting Pole to try to stop the Raft, that the Ice might pass by ; when the Rapidity of the Stream threw it with so much Violence against the Pole, that it jerked me... | |
 | Mary Sheldon Barnes, Earl Barnes - United States - 1891 - 482 pages
...about with but one poor Hatchet, and finished just after Sun-setting. This was a whole Day's Work. Then set off ; But before we were Half Way over, we were...Raft to sink, and ourselves to perish. I put out my setting Pole to try to stop the Raft, . . . when the Rapidity of the Stream . . . jerked me out into... | |
 | William Henry Venable - American literature - 1891 - 550 pages
..."jammed in the ice " in a most dangerous manner, and they expect to perish. " I put out my setting Pole to try to stop the Raft, that the Ice might pass by ; when the Rapidity of the Stream threw it with so much violence against the Pole, that it jerked me... | |
 | William Henry Venable - History - 1891 - 548 pages
..."jammed in the ice" in a most dangerous manner, and they expect to perish. I put out my setting Pole to try to stop the Raft, that the Ice might pass by ; when the Rapidity of the Stream threw it with so much violence against the Pole, that it jerked me... | |
 | Joseph Solomon Walton, Martin Grove Brumbaugh - Pennsylvania - 1897 - 316 pages
...was spent in making a raft with " one poor hatchet." " When we were halfway over," says Washington, " we were jammed in the ice in such a manner that we...raft to sink, and ourselves to perish. I put out my setting pole to try to stop the raft, that the ice might pass by; when the rapidity of the stream threw... | |
 | Joseph Solomon Walton, Martin Grove Brumbaugh - Pennsylvania - 1897 - 316 pages
...that we expected every moment our raft to sink, and ourselves to perish. I put out my setting pole to try to stop the raft, that the ice might pass by ; when the rapidity of the stream threw it with such violence against the pole, that it jerked me out... | |
 | Rufus Blanchard - Chicago (Ill.) - 1898 - 716 pages
...which we set about with but one poor hatchet, and finished just after sun-setting. This was a whole> day's work; we next got it launched, then went on...were half way over we were jammed in the ice in such manner that we expected every moment our raft to sink and ourselves to perish. I put out my setting-pole... | |
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We next got it launched, then went on board of it and set off; but, before we were half way over, we were jammed in the ice in such a manner that we expected every moment our raft to sink, and ourselves to perish. 
